Printing-press.



K. F. KIRKMAN.

PRINTING PRESS. APPLIOATION FILED d011, 1909.

1,077,283; Patent-Jed Nov. 4, 1913.

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K. F. KIRKMAN.

PRINTING mass.

APPLICATION fILED 0012.1, 1909.

Patented NOVA, 1913.

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K. F. KIRKMAN. PRINTING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 00121, 1909. 1,077,283. Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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January 20,1968, Serial N0. @11 9}??? hang a. substliute 3:01 the papsr supplying med mlsm thermi", the means for presenting paper the 9-;mting mm; (1% livering it from the machins described in said. fa mar appiicazian remaining substantially 119 same My invent-Len may be i1 'SOIIEMTiiLiEIj; in

new printing press as an integral part fi1ereof, or may be built as an attachment in be applied to printing presses already in use, the same h zing particularly applicable to presses of the Gordon The various feaiures of novei f. 21161 utility in my invention will be apparent frm n him fiescriptisn herfiinaf t er given In the drawings, Figure 1 is eiwation of (me side of 2., QOI'tiOZl 2 e weibkmwn Gordon. presssimwing my invention incur-- pora'ted inn-n attadlment applied ihfiltfi; Fig. 2 a similar View but of the other side of such press; 3 detail sectional View; Fig. a plan view of the atfiaciunent; Fig. 5 a sectional elevation similm' to 3 but an a smaller scale; and in additien shea ing some of the epcrating cmmections; and Figs. 6 and 7 a flan View of some of the operating shafts, camsand levers.

Referring to the present.-embedimen-t of my invention as illustrated in tha drawin s, I have shown the same in the farm of an attachment which is applied is mounted upon the frame 1 sf? the we'fi-knmvn Gamma Way mama in 22111123 the type 01 mavabie i-A 31.2 112 type bad 3 which 'the. Grammy w undmfitnod hawever, that we type qr style nntw 1 2 9355 is lmmsai anal.

and thai my 13mm? 11', herembefow 51 Sec may he' buii'i; imiegrai imprinting g ass siructufe m: as an fiztacb want, but $11 3 p11. z s. 11? an 111152.62.

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attachment is pmvidaed with a maiu mme Q'- fQrm-in a suppsrt for: the ifikren'; 'wcrkiqg parts of iahek aitachmfint and sacured in; 55131 snim sl e mazmer m the gfin'zing press frame- 1. At the upper and. 0f this fi'awa i maxim:- an eifiiess amwsver cemyzfiisim' a pair 9f transvewse ro'i'iars a) and (3 and a, suitable emiiess belt 11 B prefeyenca this ba t is made mmtinuous frmn srlla and 2352 .11 it; E11 3 112 sag.

24:11:11; is weed in galactic-e to mavemen't will be hereinai'iigrd scriberl. The fmnt edge of the m 81 13 stapped by msans 0f :1 cross barlQ having a Series an? rea warfiiy-exiending finge s which 21's formed separately or integral therewith :mii adapted He in grcow formed in. by reason of the fact that the "front roller 5 is itself pfiovified with a, serias 01" circumferengiai grauves 6 as clearly ShO'WD in Fig. 3. R will be 'undmrstoai that owing t0 v5km anf gpliable matura of the belt, the lair 211s -32ptien hat the I upon in x1e bait l tar will assume the, same surface sharaciber as -ions with the bell crank 39 and link 38, Wish the the lever 56 is to me am g shaft EVhen, in its rot-nfiion, this can: contacts the cam roller 52, the paWi-earrier 11 is moved upward by I "son of its eonnecion with the lever tin" ugh the link 51. zinc} the pawl 1 will be caused to engage tooth or teefi'i as the n s in suit stance roe ndapted "to cooperate with and be n by a cam soon 3 so one of the riving sh ts of re ma-chine.

somatic-2P keep a, uniform sner nndern wn the buckling 1S a uniform t knees of paper Hie lower surface or such roller and s gner surface of one feed'beit 7, 1 pro e 1 1e which, 1n the present .insists of mechanism oontrolieci 'tive position of the budding noting the feed belt. As shown, i Lnk 4:9 conneoie' at iis upper 1 beii crank Fig. 5, While its pivoted so the lever 50, the fl ich is connected by means the outer end of the paw; zine-Eire described. When in r ier s non-11m pos 1 an, the max downwardly by reason siightiv oscillated in a clockwise direCt-ion, {b .1 #3) so 51213; a cam roller 1s oroughfe oi oi the cam secured may as on the rn'tciiei anti move the feed belt forwardly "1 slight Ciegree out sufficient to move )he piie of :Qfipfl :forwnr? to pro vide the uniform depth of paper unnernenth the buckling roile-r. When the topmost sheet of paper is fed forwardly by title boo kHz-1g: roller and do: ed mower-(Hy by the fingers 4-2, she some 111 be directed between the two fesui roils 5-6: and :35, of which the former is positiveiy ciriven as hereirmfter explained, and of wiich the latter is an. idler, I igsB and 4 From these feed rolls the sheet of power passes between a second pair of feed r01 s 56 and the former be ing a positively driven roll and the Eat-tor on idler. This idler is spring-pressed toward the feed rolls 56 by means of a spring 58, .whose tension may be regulated by the adjusting screw The paper is guided to the first set of feed rolis by fingers 4% and into "the sa ami" set of feeci rolls by means of guides 60, '8 and 4. From the latter set of feed. rolls the paper passes down Wardly i-- an is dined dir ction between the carrying tapes 61, the paper being prese tefi to a iransfer frame and presenteo. thereby time n ivered 311 the machine in the some gen Z manner as maple-fines, ni prior applin11 aforesaid. Referring" o the arising oonneoiions for the parts desoribeol, the power is izranszniited from the main power shaft through the train of gears and pinions 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,68, 69, thence through "the shaft {18 to the other sieof the in chine, gears 78 on said Shaft, and through the train of gears "Z1 and ii? to shaft; 73 on the outer end; of which is secnrecl the gem.- fi, thence to the train of ears 75, 78,- Z'i', i8, and 75 and Q3. ins lower train of gears 89, 81, 82, 833ml 8%. The gear 71 is secured to the erossshoft hereinbefere referre. to one the some is provi istits outer end with o box ca:n WL 3. which operates roller which is mounted upon rho lower en of the link 87 Whose tilt-per enri. ispivotaily soilnected to the crank arm. 22 hereinbefore referred 110. By means of this construofiion the buckling roller is given its oscillating movement-s hereinbefore deseribed. The Hair. of gears 74 to 79 sir-ivothe feeii rolls hereinbefore mentioned.

I claim:

1. in feeding mechanism for e, nrinting- 'ihe sheets from the Fools.

offingers positioned in saiii grooves to take 0 one iront end or the sheets from the beit,

In feeding mechanism for a printing press, the combination of a su'pgiort for a pus of sheets of paper, an. oscillating roller edapteai to buckle the topmosb sheet thereon, movable bearing boxes for the roller, yielding pressure means for holding the boxes and roller toward the pile, a cross shaft 30, a cross frame suspended therefrom and having bioeks QGprojecting forwardly, a pressure her 23 mounted in sszd blocks, and. a supplemental bar 28 upon the underside of the moss frame r, in feeding mechnnisrn' for a printing press, combination of a support for a pile of sheets of paper, an oscillating roller sin-pied to buckle the topmost; sheet thereon, movablebearing boxes for the roller, yield:

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